“Hey, it’s f*cking real. This really works, doesn’t it?”

 

“A good harvest for the first time in a while. Let’s see… wow, isn’t that a Griffin?”

 

“We’ll get more Griffins later. But what’s that thing with it?”

 

The noise definitely belonged to humans.

 

Rough, loud voices that were harsh to the ear. I didn’t feel good. The calm sensation in my heart faded away, and it began to beat fast.

“What… Wait, isn’t that a woman in the corner? A human woman?”

“A banshee, she must have transformed. Oh, but banshees bring bad luck… “

“That’s because someone dies when that b*tch cries, you idiot. You’re just pretending to be smart at the end of the day.”

 

Without any hesitation, the people who came into the cave chatted with excitement.

 

Two men and one woman. They were all very suspicious, armed with odd-shaped equipment, and as excited as hunters who discovered wonderful game, rather than being frightened by the sight of Popo and Griffin.

 

I had a feeling I knew what they were– Poachers.

 

I had heard of poachers, who illegally hunt and collect monster cores by purchasing relics in the black market. They seemed to have been led into the forest after detecting magic with the relic they had.

“Hey, that’s a shame. Banshees are supposed to be dirty old witches, but this one is a beauty…”

 

“Let’s get this over with. I saw earlier that there were paladins all over the place, and if we get caught, we’re really screwed.”

 

I didn’t move a muscle. I hardly breathed. Popo and Griffin were strangely still.

 

The man holding a light blue shining sword approached Popo as if he was amazed. Popo’s mouth was tightly closed, hiding its teeth.

 

“I don’t think they’re coming here. The legend said that a giant lizard cub was asleep here… but what the f*ck is this? Rabbit or raccoon? What was the name of this thing? It looks so stupid.”

“Hey, let’s get this one first. The monster is pretending to be a human being.” The flaming red-haired woman gestured toward me.

 

At that moment, a man who was scratching his stomach turned toward me, smacking his lips.

 

“Ku, ku, ku, ku…”

 

Griffin let out a sound of laughter. To be exact, it was more of a low, bizarre cry, but to my ears, it sounded like a laugh. And… Popo opened its mouth. Popo’s wide-open mouth enlarged throughout its huge body, revealing a space full of eerily beautiful sharp teeth and skeletons.

 

I didn’t make any noise until the end.

The sky seemed to be getting darker and darker, and the heavy rain began to pour. The sky-high trees didn’t help much either.

 

“Lord Izek.”

 

Someone put out a cigarette of leaves. Izek shook his head as a gesture of rejection and looked at Durahan’s corpse at his feet. It was the monster he’d caught a while ago. Only the remaining monster core and the severed head rolled around at his feet.

 

they only leave behind their

 

around, sweeping back his wet hair that kept blocking his view. Everyone seemed tired of the three-day search, but it was strange that none of them

 

a no-go here, too.” Ivan, who almost kicked the

 

had been

 

“You know what, Iz.”

 

something was missing. Izek turned his back because he knew what he was going to say. Ivan shrugged

 

been searching the forest

 

didn’t make sense to search this place, where only monsters lurked, but Elendale’s efforts, including the City Guards, the Knights of Longinus and the Round

 

people who were usually crazy about fighting were working together without making noise for a

 

consider the hypothesis that the madman who kidnapped Rudbeckia, intentionally threw a shoe over there to lead them

 

was a more promising

 

indeed been dragged into this area, by now… no one had the

 

“Iz.”

 

looking back, Izek stared at the Durahan’s

 

didn’t know why he kept looking at it. Something as ominous as

 

already been three

 

“It’s been four days.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“Four days.”

 

There was silence.

 

who said this. It was around dawn three days

 

much later

 

after Ellenia had sent a message

 

knew until then that something had

 

It didn’t make sense.

 

one knew about her disappearance for nearly a day,

 

Nevertheless, that had happened.

 

should he blame? Who

 

invited her in the first place? She had been hanging around all day. The coachman and the escort

 

returned home? The Duke who was in the manor all day

 

visiting Freya, and received no report until she

 

Or himself?

 

with rainwater roughly with the

 

end, he was the only one

 

fault. His foolishness, him not knowing how Rudbeckia was being treated in his house when he was

 

the chief maid who was close to a mother for

 

figured out how harsh

 

on the day of his birthday party was revealed, because the maid was forty years old, Ellenia covered for her. He thought that was

 

have

 

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